Years and years ago, when I was in high school, my English teacher assigned Winesburg, […]
Reinhardt’s Garden, by Mark Haber
Beware of false prophets. Especially ones who are obsessed with melancholy. And are kind of […]
The Fragments, by Toni Jordan
Trigger warning for brief domestic violence. Now that I’ve sat down to write a review […]
The Reckless Oath We Made, by Bryn Greenwood
We don’t think a lot about feudalism or fealty much these days. We just don’t […]
A Kitchen in the Corner of the House, by Ambai
Reading Ambai’s* collection, A Kitchen in the Corner of the House, is like being a […]
Night Boat to Tangier, by Kevin Barry
Every now and then, I’ll pick up a book and it feels like I’ve gone […]
The Sweetest Fruits, by Monique Truong
At one point in Monique Truong’s novel, The Sweetest Fruits, one of the narrators tells […]
Cantoras, by Carolina de Robertis
Trigger warnings for rape and suicide. Five women gather on an Atlantic beach in Uruguay […]
Fu Ping, by Wang Anyi
So many works of historical fiction revolve around the limited roles women had for, well, […]
A Door in the Earth, by Amy Waldman
All fiction is lies. I’m comfortable with this. But when I read Amy Waldman’s brillian […]